There are 36 men listed on Hadleigh’s War Memorial. Their names are:
Searches at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web Site on their names revealed the following additional information:
War Commission Name Rank and Regiment Details Hadleigh Details Date Died Cemetery Country GARNET ALFRED ALLEN
Lance Corporal 5827018 5th Bn., Suffolk Regiment
Son of Alfred William and Lily Allen, of Hadleigh, Suffolk.
Tuesday 27 July 1943 . Age 22 .
SINGAPORE MEMORIAL Singapore HORACE CHARLES ALLEN
Sapper 1435272623 Field Coy., Royal Engineers
Son of Alfred and Emily Allen; husband of Winnifred L. E. Allen, of Washbrook, Suffolk.
Tuesday 11 April 1944 . Age 33
BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy GEORGE ANDERSON
Quartermaster Serjeant 2318222 285 Bty., 64 Lt. A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery
B. Son of Alfred Robert and Alice Elizabeth Anderson; husband of Mabel Revans Anderson, of Hadleigh.
Wednesday 2 September 1942 . Age 40 .
HADLEIGH CEMETERY Suffolk
UK ALFRED BECKETT
Private 6010773 1/5th Bn., Essex Regiment
Son of Arthur and Constance Maud Beckett, of Hadleigh, Suffolk.
Wednesday 25 November 1942 . Age 29 .
BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
Iraq HAROLD STEPHEN BRANCH
Private 5826653 5th Bn., Suffolk Regiment
Son of George Harry and Mary Louisa Branch, of Hadleigh, Suffolk.
Thursday 3 June 1943 . Age 31 .
BKANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand MAURICE JAMES COUSINS
Private 5828529 5th Bn., Suffolk Regiment
(no details)
Wednesday 11 August 1943 . Age 29 .
CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand NELSON EVERARD DIXON
Sub-Lieutenant H.M.S. Willamette Valley., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Son of F. E. and Viva Dixon. Master of Essex and Suffolk Foxhounds.
Saturday 29 June 1940 . Age 25 .
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent
UK ANDREW AUDLEY HUGH DOWNES
Lieutenant 8th Bn. 13th, Frontier Force Rifles
Son of the Very Revd. Edmund Audley Downes, M.A. and Muriel Ashton Downes, of Eastbourne, Sussex.
Friday 22 May 1942 . Age 26 .
KARACHI WAR CEMETERY
Pakistan DAVID JOHN LAMMIMAN DOWNES
Lance Corporal 5338283 Hampshire Regiment
(no details)
Wednesday 19 February 1941 . Age 19.
IPSWICH CREMATORIUM, Suffolk
UK LESLIE RUSHMORE DURRANT
Corporal 5828200 5th Bn., Suffolk Regiment
Son of Spencer Rushmore Durrant and Ada Elsie Durrant, of Hadleigh, Suffolk.
Sunday 1 August 1943 . Age 22 .
KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand SPENCER KITCHENER DURRANT
Private 5832566 5th Bn., Suffolk Regiment
Son of Spencer Rushmoor Durrant and Ada Elsie Durrant, of Hadleigh, Suffolk. Brit.
Friday 8 October 1943 . Age 28 .
YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan WILLIAM ALLAISTER EVERETT
Corporal 5831767 1st Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment
Son of Frederick E. Everett and Alice M. Everett, of Hadleigh, Suffolk.
Sunday 11 June 1944 . Age 28 .
TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar (Burma) PERCY FERGUSON
Gunner 14310858 Royal Artillery
Son of Arthur John and Winifred Daisy Ferguson; nephew of Mrs. L. M. Ferguson, of Hadleigh.
Monday 14 December 1942 . Age 18 .
HADLEIGH CEMETERY, Suffolk
UK RONALD CECIL FROST
Private 185778 attd. 931 Gen. Transport Coy., Royal Army Service Corps
Son of C.S.M. Thomas Harold Frost, The Suffolk Regt. (killed in action in France, 11th April, 1915), and Alice Laura Frost, of Hadleigh, Suffolk.
Friday 26 February 1943 . Age 30 .
LA REUNION WAR CEMETERY
Algeria CHRISTOPHER CHARLES FULLER
Private 5828288 5th Bn., Suffolk Regiment
(no details)
Tuesday 24 August 1943 . Age 23.
THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar (Burma) WILLIAM ERNEST GRAY
Flight Sergeant 1288766 W.Op. 625 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of Arthur and Edith Ellen Gray, of Hadleigh, Suffolk.
Thursday 9 November 1944 . Age 32 .
REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Germany LEONARD HERBERT WILLIAM GREEN
Sergeant 1615038 Flt. Engr. Royal Air Force
Son of Herbert C. Green and Rose B. Green, of Chadwell st. Mary.
Saturday 21 August 1943 . Age 22 .
THURROCK (CHADWELL ST. MARY) CEMETERY, Essex
UK LCECIL WILLIAM GRIMSEY
Private 5831782 2nd Bn., Gordon Highlanders
(no details)
Monday 25 September 1944 .
THUMIERLO WAR CEMETERYNoord-Brabant
Netherlands FREDERICK SPENCER HAMMOND
Gunner 1831445 89 Bty., 35 Lt. A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery
Son of Bertie John and Minnie Ada Hammond, of Hadleigh, Suffolk; husband of Violet Ellen Rose Hammond, of Hadleigh.
Tuesday 15 December 1942 . Age 37 .
YOKOHAMA CREMATION MEMORIAL
Japan WALTER GEORGE HYNARD
Marine PLY/X 3756 H.M.S. Neptune., Royal Marines
Son of George Albert and Elizabeth Hynard, of Hadleigh, Suffolk.
Friday 19 December 1941 . Age 22 .
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon
UK CHARLES GEORGE E. LANGLEY
Driver T/14539632 229 Tank Bde. Coy., Royal Army Service Corps
(no details)
Tuesday 21 November 1944 . Age 34
MIERLO WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant
Netherlands ROWLAND ADOLPHUS LING
Private 5831518 2/7th Bn., The Queen's Royal Regt (West Surrey)
Son of Albion Mark and Bessie Sarah Ling, of Hadleigh, Suffolk; husband of Lily Hilda Ling, of Hadleigh.
Saturday 30 September 1944 . Age 24 .
CESENA WAR CEMETERY
Italy Alfred A. Ling
(note no details could be found)
FELIX JAMES MOWLES
Sergeant 648133 Flt. Engr. 161 Sqdn., Royal Air Force
(no details)
Sunday 14 March 1943 .
DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY, Bad Tolz, Bayern
Germany FREDERICK CHARLES OXFORD
Private 5828422 5th Bn., Suffolk Regiment
(no details)
Wednesday 30 June 1943 . Age 29 .
KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand WILLIAM HARRY OXFORD
Private 5826906 5th Bn., Suffolk Regiment
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Oxford, of Hadleigh, Suffolk.
Thursday 18 March 1943 . Age 23 .
CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand GEORGE EDWARD PARTRIDGE
Gunner 1529693 153 Bty., 51 H.A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery
Son of Frederick and Violet Victoria Partridge, of Ipswich, Suffolk.
Monday 2 June 1941 . Age 26 .
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya FRANCIS EDENSOR RICHARDSON
Flight Sergeant 755737 W.Op./Air Gnr. 236 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of Francis Edensor Fleetwood Richardson and Evelyn Victoria Richardson, of Hadleigh.
Monday 15 September 1941 . Age 23 .
IPSWICH CREMATORIUM, Suffolk
UK HAROLD ERNEST ROBINSON
Corporal 13116042 306 Coy., Pioneer Corps
Son of Thomas and Vera Robinson, of Hadleigh, Suffolk.
Friday 16 March 1945 . Age 23 .
VENRAY WAR CEMETERY, Limburg,
Netherlands KITCHENER HAROLD SEAGER
Private 5826529 5th Bn., Suffolk Regiment
(no details)
Friday 16 March 1945 . Age 23 .
THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar (Burma) STANLEY SEAGER
Private 5826642 2nd Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment
(no details)
Tuesday 1 June 1943 . Age 24 .
KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand JOHN DOUGLAS SEGGAR
Leading Seaman C/JX 251844 H.M.S. Boadicea, Royal Navy
Son of Wallace and Hetty May Seggar, of Hadleigh, Suffolk.
Tuesday 13 June 1944 . Age 21 .
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent
UK MICHAEL GEORGE HURRELL STYLE
Lieutenant 113581 and No. 47 R.M. Commando, Royal Marines
(no details)
Thursday 2 November 1944 .
BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant
Netherlands RAYMOND CHARLES WILLIAM SUTTLE
Private 2616096 4th Bn., Suffolk Regiment
Son of Charles Walter and Eva Agnes Suttle, of Hadleigh, Suffolk. Brit.
Thursday 23 December 1943 . Age 23 .
YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan CHARLES SAMUEL WHITE
Private 5831128 2nd Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment
Son of Charles Edward and Lily Kate White, of Hadleigh, Suffolk.
Monday 16 February 1942 . Age 25 .
KRANJI WAR CEMETERY
Singapore WALTER FRANK SPENCER WOODS
Gunner 953121 67 Medium Regt., Royal Artillery
Son of Ernest Spencer A. and Blanche Rose Woods, of Hadleigh, Suffolk.
Saturday 14 November 1942 . Age 24 .
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Egypt
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